* Posts by viila

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viila

Re: I find this one a bit difficult to believe

"Wow. How much brute force and ignorance was required to get one of those in backwards? They're hard enough to connect the right way around!"

...which ensures that brute force will be expected and used. Although I've managed once without much force because the socket had only the smallest hint of keying that didn't actually key anything.

viila
Boffin

Re: I find this one a bit difficult to believe

Not necessarily. The old AT supplied and used some oddball voltages, of which -5V hasn't been in ATX standard for quite a while. Whether you can live without it depends on the peripheral cards you have.